MALTESE FISHERMAN AIRLIFTED FROM 100 MILES AT SEA

MALTESE FISHERMAN AIRLIFTED FROM 100 MILES AT SEA

This morning the AFM Rescue Co-ordination Centre was alerted by the Department of Fisheries and informed that Christopher Moreno, aged 24, on board a Maltese fishing vessel "Consuela Madre", had a suspected broken lower limb.

The Italian helicopter AB212 was dispatched to the location approximately 100 miles south of Malta. A rescuer was lowered and Moreno was winched up in a stretcher. The injured man was conveyed to St Luke's hospital for further treatment.

The helicopter was flown by a mixed Italo-Maltese crew. The pilots were Lt Col Campi and Lt T Zammit, the winchman was Maresciallo Casale, and the rescuers were LBdr Gauci and Gnr Cilia. The entire operation was co-ordinated by the Rescue Co-ordination Centre of the AFM.

23.03.2000